Mariela Arce Perez, Loose Associations

postgraduaat digital storytelling

I’m always trying to get my friends to send me poems they’ve read and liked. The ones they send always show me a glimpse of who they are. Loose Associations has given me the excuse to ask people what they understand by poetry, what their favourite poems and authors are, and, more importantly, what the images or sounds are that they instantly associate with the poem they liked. The aim of this project is to create an online collaborative platform about poetry that includes the multiple interpretations a person can have. This exercise can also be interpreted by the participants as a form of self-portrait.